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“Because I had visited Silicon Valley, I recognized the microprocessor…” quote by Stan Shih — Download Open image

“Because I had visited Silicon Valley, I recognized the microprocessor was going to lead the second industrial revolution. We Chinese could not miss that opportunity again - we missed the first industrial revolution already. We put our effort into trying to bring this new technology from the United States to Taiwan. That was the begining of Acer.”

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